Alert archive / Kansas / Blizzard Watches in 2012
Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Dodge City, KS
NWS Dodge City, KS issued this blizzard watch at Dec 17, 2012, 3:40 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2012, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:56 AM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Dodge City, KS
Counties Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 57 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532 WWUS43 KDDC 172140 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 340 PM CST MON DEC 17 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE CHANCE OF SNOW. ALSO...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY TIGHT ALLOWING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO BE FELT WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THIS MAY CREATE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-180545- /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 340 PM CST MON DEC 17 2012 /240 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A HALF OF A MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY TO GREAT BEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ 42
5 follow-up statements
738 WWUS43 KDDC 180449 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1049 PM CST MON DEC 17 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY, BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WITH IT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE VERY TIGHT, RESULTING IN NORTH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. THIS MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-181400- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 1049 PM CST MON DEC 17 2012 /949 PM MST MON DEC 17 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A HALF OF A MILE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES, WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY TO GREAT BEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ 12
115 WWUS43 KDDC 181123 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 523 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. KSZ030-031-043>046-061>065-074>078-182200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN- PAWNEE-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY... KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...JOHNSON CITY... ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA... DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 523 AM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /423 AM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM SCOTT CITY TO LARNED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ GERARD
098 WWUS43 KDDC 182144 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. KSZ074>076-182245- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE... SATANTA 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. THE BLIZZARD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED IN THIS AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION AND BLOWING OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-190545- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T1800Z-121220T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ079-190545- /O.EXB.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINSLEY...LEWIS 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ KSZ061>065-077-078-190545- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN 344 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /244 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ HOVORKA 42
804 WWUS43 KDDC 190347 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT SOUTH ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS MAINLY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. KSZ030-031-043>046-191200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ061>065-077>079-191200- /O.CON.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT... CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS 947 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /847 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN HIGHWAY 50 AND HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ SUGDEN
428 WWUS43 KDDC 191056 WSWDDC URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PROBABLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT DOES, A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS. BEHIND THE FRONT STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KANSAS GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 AND POSSIBLY AS FAR SOUTH AS JETMORE AND LARNED. AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96 WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS, SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF INCH ALONG THE OKLAHOMA BORDER TO 1 TO 2 INCHES AROUND STAFFORD. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS COULD SEE VISIBILITY BRIEFLY REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. KSZ061>063-077-078-191200- /O.CAN.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-GRAY-FORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SYRACUSE...LAKIN...DEERFIELD... GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...DODGE CITY... BUCKLIN 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /356 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WATCH. $$ KSZ064-065-192200- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ HODGEMAN-PAWNEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ030-031-043>046-192200- /O.EXT.KDDC.BZ.W.0001.121219T2100Z-121220T0600Z/ TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR... HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE... RUSH CENTER 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 96. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. TRAVEL AND OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ079-192200- /O.UPG.KDDC.BZ.A.0001.121219T2000Z-121220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.121220T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ EDWARDS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINSLEY...LEWIS 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KSZ066-080-081-089-090-192200- /O.NEW.KDDC.WW.Y.0005.121220T0000Z-121220T0600Z/ STAFFORD-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON... GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...PROTECTION... MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY 456 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 50 RANGING DOWNWARD TO A HALF INCH AROUND MEDICINE LODGE AND COLDWATER. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 3:16 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ford and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DDC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 4 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Watches in Kansas, 2012Every blizzard watch in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.